It's the kind of half-cocked story only a Hollywood executive living in the midst of pretense, piety and crackpot fads could love.

| Jan 29, 2020

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Has the kind of edge and creativity (not to mention nudity) that mainstream 'rom-coms' almost uniformly lack.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 6, 2006

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Not only a tepid Bollywood imitation, but a tepid film, period.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 8, 2005

Belos figurinos, boas seqncias musicais (embora em nmero insuficiente para servir como referncia a Bollywood) e Marisa Tomei de lingerie - estes so os pontos fortes do filme. Os pontos fracos? Todo o resto.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 13, 2003

This American version of a Bollywood musical is one of the worst films I have run across in the last few years.

| Original Score: D | Jul 31, 2003

. . .a noble effort to bring the thrills of Bollywood to America, but this magic carpet never quite gets off the ground because it traffics in too many cinematic clichs. . .

| Jun 10, 2003

A film whose good heart and musical numbers are much bigger than its shortcomings.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2003

mixes the exuberance of Bollywood with measured lunacy of 30s screwball comedies and adds just a dash of "The Joy of Sex"

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 5, 2003

Too timid for its own good, relying too often on bawdy gags, easy clichs and hoary stereotypes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 25, 2003

There's not a whole lot of heft to von Scherler Mayer's romantic comedy with ethnic Indian entanglements; it's like overdone naan, too flaky and ephemeral for its own good, but still somehow appetizing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2003

... those modest virtues can't prevail against the coarse jokes and shabby ethnic stereotypes of Tracey Jackson's disjointed script, Daisy von Scherler Mayer's unsteady direction, or the unflattering cinematography.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 4, 2003

...a clunky, idiotic, laughless and amateurish collection of scenes targeted to people who have the intellect of mattress springs.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Feb 28, 2003

It's good fun -- almost a musical.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 28, 2003

Although the film is loaded with potential and many satirical targets, the execution of the material leaves a lot to be desired.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 20, 2003

"The Guru" is a light and frothy concoction that is a tasty little treat with its heart in the right place.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 19, 2003

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 17, 2003

a gentle comedy of colliding cultures

| Original Score: B- | Feb 16, 2003

Devoid of life, intelligence, humor, and anything else that could entertain even the most undemanding viewer, this film is a perfect example of something that should have been shipped to landfills, not multiplexes.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 16, 2003